Baby-bottle holder



Jan. 27, 1931. c. J. SMITH BABY BOTTLE HOLDER Filed Dec. 29, 1926 lndarzgov r -2 bsmbf Patented Jan. 27, 1931 UNITED STATES "PATENT oPFicE CHARLES JOHNSTON SMITH, on qn caeo, rumors BABY-BOTTLE onnnn 7 Application filed December '29, 1926. serial lio. 157,657.

This invention pertains to a device for holding or supporting nursing bottles, toys and the like in front of a babys face and where the baby may grasp the object held without difliculty. The invention will be disclosed in a device for holding a nursing bottle in such a manner that an infant may easily feed from the bottle without requiring that someone support the bottlewhile the baby is beingfed and without placing "the weight of the bottle and its contents on the babyschest. V

One of the primary objects of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive but efficient device'so constructed and arranged that it will support'a bottle in the proper position with respect to the baby and one which will receive its support from the weight of the babys body. For this purpose the device includes a portion adapted to be.

disposed beneath the babys shoulders when the baby is lying fiat'upon its back or otherwise reclining in a position for feeding where the possibility of dislodgment is minimized. p v 7 Many other objects including the advantages and novel features will be or should become readily appreciated after perusal of the description and claims taken in connec tion with the drawing in which: V a

Fig. l is a top plan view of one form of the invention, showing in dotted lines the positionof a baby when the device is in use, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1. V

The illustratedform of the invention comprises an arm portion 2, a bodyportion 3 in tegral with the arm 2 at one of its ends, a

standard generally designated 4, and a spring clip member 5 adapted to receive and support a bottle generally designated 6. The

body and arm portions 2 and 3 are preferably formed of substantially rigid sheet metal or very heavy cardboard or the like of and the body 3'is preferably madeof substantially crescent shape with arcuate edges 7 and 8, as shown in Fig. 1. The upper surface of the body portion may in some forms of the invention, as illustrated, be slightly concave, although it is preferable that it be nearly fiat in order t at the device may be disposed beneath the babys shoulders when 'the latter-islying on the floor and the upper surface is preferably padded many suitable manner, as shown at 9.

' The standard maybe secured to and upi right i on the arm 2 in any suitable manner, :but is preferably provided with ahinge 11 so that? it may be disposed flat along the arm and :bodyaportlons for convenience. The 160 vstandard; above the hinge :is made in three 1 parts 12, 13 and 14,.the portion 12 beinghollow to receive a pintle 15 forivertical and rotary adjustment of theportionfllE with respect. theretoand having asthumb screw 161.9

for seeming theportion 130f the standard in adjusted-position. :The portion 18 at its ,upperend is bent into a substantially horizontal direction, asshown at 17, and 1s hollow as isthermeinber 12 to receive a .pintlelS '7 formed on theldepending portion -14 for horizontal adjustment of the spring clip 5 andthe bottle 6,=the portion lbeing likewise ,secll iable -.in adjusted p( sition ;by meansiof the thumb screw 19. The extreme lowerend 7 Y of the portion 14 isipreferablyprovided with a ball-21adaptedxtozbereceived in a spherical socket provided by the .two halves of the springclip so that the bottleor other device held byltheispring clip may be substantially miversally I mounted.

,The above described construction provides Y verysimpleand eflicient device. ,VVhen it isltobe used thebodyportion Swith the pad- .dedsurface uppermost and the concave edge 8 directed toward the head of the baby is disposed beneath the babys shoulders. In

this position, the arm 2 projects laterally,

that is, outwardly-fromthe side oflthe baby and the bottle. The bottle, when secured by the spring clip ;5,., nay"beadjusted to a posias particularly suitable for holding a babys bottle, it will be apparent that it is susceptible of wide variation in construction and arrangement and useful in many other ways.

5 Consequently, I do not desire to be limited by the construction illustrated and described but only by the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A baby bottle holder comprising, a body member of relatively stiff material formed in a substantially crescent shape, in plan, and of substantial breadth and provided with a concave edge, an arm element extending laterally with respect to the body member and secured thereto, a vertically disposed standard pivotally secured to said laterally extending arm and means to suspend a bottle by said standard, said means being adjustable "g to maintain the bottle in different angular positions, the body member being adapted to extend across and beneath the shoulders of the baby with the laterally extending arm portion protruding laterally therefrom.

2. A baby bottle .holder comprising a relatively stiff body member of substantially crescent shape, in plan, and of substantial breadth and provided with a concave edge, 7 a laterally extending arm connected With '3 said body portion, a standard secured to said arm and vertically disposed when in operative condition, a bottle holding means secured to said standard and adjustable to place the bottle in different angular and vertical positions with respect to the baby, said body portion being adapted to be disposed beneath the babys shoulders with the concave edge thereof directed toward the babys head and the laterally extending portion lying alongside 4 the baby.

3. A bottle holder of the character described, comprising a body member ofrelatively stifi material in substantially crescent shape and substantially flat and having a laterally extending arm, a vertically disposed standard hingedly secured to the arm so that it may be collapsed to the body memher, a detachable bottle holding element secured to the upper portion of said vertical 5: standard, said bottle holding member being adjustable to different relative positions with respect to the body member, the body memher being shaped to conform and fit beneath the shoulders of the baby with the arm extending alongside the baby.

In witness of the foregoing I alfix my signature.

c. JOHNSTON SMITH. 

